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Mt Vernon Register News

Location

Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1957

Page

9

Peggy King Lands Film Role After Five Years

Peggy King, once star of stage tests for five years, finally enters films as a plucky airline stewardess in Bartlett Champion's Zero Hour. After trials at MGM in 1952 and a long absence marked by lessons and tests, she left, married, returned to singing, then found success in a tomato sauce jingle and a George Gobel appearance before Paramount sparked her movie break.

Bob Thomas Hollywood Wy Peggy King Peggy Bartlett Champion Miss King MGM Hollywood Debbie Reynolds Leslie George Gobel Paramount

Sailor Found Tied to Tree Detained by Navy

GREAT LAKES Ill The Navy reports 19 year old sailor Buddy L Farris of Fort Worth Texas was found May 16 lashed to a tree in St Paul Woods Morton Grove a Chicago suburb He is deemed to suffer emotional illness and will be discharged after treatment Doctors say he is in excellent physical condition and unable to discuss the forest preserve incident Navy investigators say exhaustive inquiry found no evidence to refute the possibility Farris tied himself to the tree and the rope belonged to him No further military inquiry is planned

Great Lakes Ill Navy Great Lakes Hospital Buddy L. Farris Fort Worth Tex Farris St. Paul Woods Morton Grove Chicago Great Lakes Naval Training Center Buddy Farris Vncien Br

High Demand High Pay For Chem Grads

Champaign Illinois reports chemistry and chemical engineering graduates in June 1957 attract heavy recruitment from over 300 companies. Starting salaries for bachelor’s degree holders top 5 400 with Ph D holders reaching 7 800, while academic posts offer 5 000 to 6 000 and slower increments.

Champaign Ill Carl S. Westling Univern of Illinois Westling

Bought On Time Sold Items Cheap in Chicago Suburbs

Frankfort man Raymond C. Murray pleaded guilty to buying household appliances on time and reselling them at cut prices. He received three years probation and must repay $2,700 to four complainants. Murray, 34, also was questioned about a 1956 murder case involving two teen girls but cleared of links. He is related to Loretta Grimes, mother of Barbara and Paia, whose bodies were found last January. Bees and wasps are not a threat unless provoked, says University of Wisconsin entomology.

Chicago Frankfort Raymond C. Murray Once Corp James K. Chelos South State Street Court Murray Loretta Grimes Barbara Paia

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